Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-29
RAPIDLY SPREADING.

RAPIDLY SPREADING The Royal Society of Good FelIOWs-A
 Ritualistie Benevolent Society Wh1cn
 is Rapidly Spreading over the United
 States-FIgures Which Fell Their
 own Story Information Concern
 ing the New Haven Branch of the order.
 The Royal Society of Good Fellows was organized in the city of Providence and in- corporated by special act of the legislature of
 Rhode Island with extraordinary privileges
 the twenty-third day of February, 1882.
 For three years it's organizers made little effort to make the society known and at the end of that time but four assem- 1 plies, as the subordinate bodies are termed,
 had been created. The order was then
 brought to the notice of Dr. Wilson and Hon. Jno. A. Cummings (since deceased) of Bos- I ton, Massachusetts. These were the gentle- men who created and made such great suc- cesses of the now famous insurance societies
 known as the Knights of Honor, the Royal l Arcanum and the American Legion of Hon. or. Seeing in some of the features of this society an opportunity to still further de- velop and advance the system of mutual
 benefit insurance they applied themselves to | the task with the result that in two years | the society has grown from four assemblies with membership of one hundred and sixty
 to ninety-seven assemblies and 8 present membership of eight thousand eight hunA dred and four, and the order is now intro duced into seventeen States, as the following list shows, viz: No. 1, Providence, Previ- dence, R. l.; No. ?, Lincoln, Providence, R. l.; No. 8, Columbia, Providence, R. T.; No. | 4, Mohassuck, Saylesville, R. l.; No. 5, Bos- ton, Boston, Mass. No. 6, New Haven, New Haven, Conn; No. 7, Seymour, Chicago, ! Ill.,; No. s, Puritan, South Boston,
 Mass; No. g, Suffolk, Boston, Mass. ; No. 10, Commonwealth, Haverhill, Mass.
 No. il, Roxbury, Roxbury, Mass; No. 12, Guardian, Boston. Mass; No. 13, Alpha. Sioux City, Iowa; No. IA, Bellingham, Chel- sea, Mass. No. 15, Fair Bluff, Fair Bluff, N. O.; No. 16, Virginia, Staunton, Va; No. F, Hawthorne, Boston, Mass; No. IS, Nave rick, East Boston, Mass; No. 19, Wilkes barre, Pa.; No. 20, What Cheer, Providence, R. l.; No. 21, Hancock, Richmond, Va.; No. go, Somerville, Somerville, Mass. No. 23, Braintree, South Braintree, Mass; No. 24, Msyfower, Boston, Mass; No. 25, Edward Lasker, Boston, Mass: No. 26, Bath, Bath, N. Y.; No. 27, Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo-; No. 2S, Franklin, Jamaica Plain,
 Mass; No. 29, Mt. Vernon; Boston, Mass; No. Waban, Natick, Mass; No. 39; Pal
 metto, Gaddy, s. O.; No. 33, Rich mond, Richmond, Va; No. 34, Brockton,
 Brockton, Mass; No. 35, Liberty, Jersey
 City; No. 36, Massachusetts, Boston; No. 37,
 Craven, Newberne, N. J.; No. 38, Shawmut, | G., No NaTr TTaoR Nnr
 Mass; No. 40, Darlington, Darlington, s. O.;
 No. fl, Narragansett, Olneyville, R. l.; No.
 42, Central, Jersey City; No. 43, Pawtucket,
 Pawtucket; No. A, Dedham, Dedham, Mass; No. 45, Naumkeag, Salem, Mass; No. 46, Eureka, Allentown, Pa; No; 47, Washing ton; No 49, Central Falls, Central Falls, R. l.; No. 50. Chester A. Arthur, Corning, N. Y.; No. 51, John A. Logan, Boston; No. 52, Cowesett, East Greenwich, R.I.; No. 53, New
 York city; No. 54, J. A. Cummings, Rich mond, Va; Mo- 55, General Warren, Rox- bury, Mass; No. 56, Unity, West Medway,
 Mass; No. 58, Wachuaett, Waltham, Mass. No. 59, Gov. Bradford, Plymouth, Mass. No. 60, Bunker Hill, Chariestown, Mass
 Mo. 61, Upham, Dorchester, Mass; No. 62, Mystic, Boyd Lake, Me; No. 63, Hoosac, R. T.; No. 65, J: O., A. Bracket, Wakefield. Mass; No. 66, Newburyport, Newburyport, Mass; No. 67, Lawrence, South Gardiner, Me-; No. 69, Millmont, Roxbury, Mass; Mo- 69, Webster, Manchester. N. H.; No. 70, Garfield, South Boston, Mass; No. 71, Bay State, Boston; No. 72, Gen. Glover, Marble- head, Mass; No. 73, Prospect, Someryille, Mass; No. "A, Cape Ann, Gloucester, Mass No. 75, Harmony, Boston; No. 76, John s. Fillmore, Exeter, N. H.; No. TT, Wendell Phillips, Roxbury, Mass; No. 7S, Oliver
 Ames, Boston; No. 7s, Greenwich, New Psf RH5E Sa s5y s Mo- wagGt sV N'fS Boston HEas Eo 62, Blairsville, Blairsville, Penn; No. s3, Louisville, Louisville, Ky; No. 84, Woodbine, Marlboro, Mass. No. 95, Ballou, Woonsocket, R. l.; No. 86 Maiden, Mass. No. ST, Brookline, Brookline, Mass. No. 88,, Amesbury, Amesbury, Mass; No. 89 Portsmouth, Portsmouth, O.; No. 9O- Woburn, Mass: No. 91 Riverside, Mattahan, Mass; No. 92, Star, Holyoke, Mass; No. 93, Charles Sumner, Boston; No. 94, Middlesex, East Cambridgeport, Mass; No. 95, Pennsyl- vania, Pittsburg, Pa.; No. 96, Crawfords- vile, Crawfordsville, Ind; No. 97, Bare Hill, Stoneham, Mass.
 The objects of the order as set forth in the constitution of the Supreme assembly are:
 To unite fraternally all men of sound bodily health and good moral character who are socially acceptable and who between the ages of IS and 56 years; give all moral and material aid in it's power to it's members by encouraging each other in ployment; to educate it's members socially morally and intellectually also to assist the widows and or phans of deceased members; to establish fund for the relief of sick and distressed members; tablish widows and orphans benefit fund, from which, the satisfactory evidence of the death of beneficial member of the society who has com piled with all it's lawful requirements,a not ex ceeding three thousand dollars shall be paid pro- vided by general law.
 All members have equal voice in the manage respect as well as self-interest of each member prompt him to see that the benefit due on the de- satisfactory evidence of the death.
 The books of the supreme and subordinate officers at all times open to the inspection of the mem bers of the society. The finances are guarded by l heavy bonds for faithful and honest performance of duty The society is secured against all possible loss by incompetency or dishonesty;
 The fact that assessments are called only they needed to pay benefits reduces the danger from possible official dishonesty to the minimum, and | makes every member in effect the treasurer of his own portion of the fund.
 The danger of admitting poor risks into the so- ciety is reduced to minimum by most careful and rigid medical examination of ali candidates.
 Membership is secured by Joining a branch of II the society, designated assembly," or if no I assembly exists in locality where number of Il persons desire membership, a new assembly may residence of members in the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida, Texas Mississippi. and that | portion of Tennessee west of the Tennessee river is prohibited by the laws of the society.
 The fee for charter of assembly is S100, which is pro rata by the applicants for charter, and the greater the number of applicants the less
 After closing the charter the fee for initiation may be increased indefinitely by the assembly.
 To be entitled to benefits from the benefit fund each member must, at the time of initiation, pay according to age and rate, as fol lows; Between the 1st Rate. 2d Rate. Sd Rate.
 ages of $l.oO0 $2O0O $3,OOO | IS and 35. .......... 5 20 5 40 60 |